tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461510719135754735.post8312542466029489828..comments2018-05-22T21:34:22.719-04:00Comments on Debris Slide: Can't Forget the Motor City: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Part VIIITom Nawrockihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766845038505392731noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461510719135754735.post-47468937757800831512017-05-11T19:05:12.002-04:002017-05-11T19:05:12.002-04:00Hi, Eric Ehrmann checking in from Brazil having re...Hi, Eric Ehrmann checking in from Brazil having recently stumbled upon this item. The &quot;Five&quot; was really a live band. Period. Wayne did a movie about the band a while back and said that after the band signed with Elektra it was like they were supposed to &quot;run laps, and eat yogurt and granola.&quot; Ironically, while the &quot;old ladies&quot; were subservient, one named Patti married drummer Fred &quot;Sonic&quot; Smith, and took his name... ever hear of, uh... Patti Smith.Rick in Riohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472049984239008308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461510719135754735.post-18007354272087793872016-12-08T08:00:49.527-05:002016-12-08T08:00:49.527-05:00The last time I listened to an MC5 song? Well, the...The last time I listened to an MC5 song? Well, the version of &quot;Ramblin&#39; Rose&quot; from the Detroit Tube Works TV show is one of my 10 most-watched YouTube videos ever:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ82BMdHjQM<br /><br />I buy into the Five&#39;s mythological image as Bad Deeeetroit Motherf--kers, and in those golden moments when they were *on* they could blow through walls ... but in a discussion of the very best, most influential and/or most successful rock performers of all time, they really don&#39;t have a place.<br /><br />I&#39;d love to know what Brother Wayne Kramer would say in his induction speech, though. (And you thought Steve Miller aired some people out...)Kurt Blumenauhttp://neckpickup.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com